Laws and Acts
This act allowed John Adams to fill the court with judges before he left office
What is the Judiciary Act of 1801?
He tied Thomas Jefferson for the most electoral votes in the election of 1800.
Who is Aaron Burr?
An effect of Marbury v. Madison was that it established this; the power of the judicial branch to declare a law unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
This member of the of the cabinet handles relations with foreign countries.
Who is the Secretary of State?
This is the title for the wife of the president.
What is First Lady?
This act created three levels of the the federal court system.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
He was personally selected by President Thomas Jefferson to lead the Corps of Discovery.
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
Another name for a duel is this:
This cabinet member handles the money and economic policy of the United States.
Who is the Secretary of the Treasury?
The three levels of the federal court system are Supreme Court, District Courts, and this one in the middle.
What is the Circuit Court of Appeals?
Delivered to Congress by President Washington, it proclaimed the United States would not choose sides in European conflicts.
What is the Neutrality Proclamation?
He was the leader of France when they sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This is a type of tax that can be placed on imported or exported goods.
What is a tariff?
This cabinet member is the top lawyer for the United States.
Who is the Attorney General?
In exchange for this both Sam Adams and John Hancock pledged to support the Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
He was serving as the Governor of the Indiana Territory and led American Forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
What is the electoral college?
He was the first Secretary of State.
This uprising occurred in 1794 causing President Washington to issue a proclamation that all Americans must obey the law.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This act was passed in 1807 prohibiting trade with all foreign nations and had a devastating effect on the American economy.
What is the Embargo Act?
He was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The practice of of forcing someone against their will to serve militarily for a country outside of their own is known as this.
What is Impressment?
How many cabinet positions were there when George Washington became president?
What are four?
This political party favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution, a weaker federal government, opposed a national bank, and were pro-French and anti-British.
What are the Democratic Republicans?